Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-04

II nust uC luc Oiu uuSpcl vi Suhtst. ",
say som people, ''the Gospel of Christ al
lows but small swing for a mans facul-
ties, and some men have lett the ministry
with that idea" One such said TO Row
land Hill: II have left the ministry be
cause don't want to hide my talents any
longer" Well" replied Rowland
Hill, II think the more you hide
your talents the better" Why, there
is no friend on. earth so grand
as that which is open before the Gospel
ministry. Have you powers of analysis?
exhaust them here. Have You uncon-
querable logic? let it grapple with Paul's
Epistle to the Romans Have you strong
imagination? let it discourse on the
Psalms of David, or Johns Apocalyptic
Vision. Have you great powers OF pathos:
exhaust it in telling the story OF a
Saviour's love. Have you q bold style OF
thinking? then follow Ezekiel's wheel,
full ofeyes, and hear through his chap
tiers the rush of the wings of the seraphim.
All We who want grand field in which
to work for God, come into Christian cir
cles, and somewhere and somehow, de-
clare the grace of God. Pardon for all
sin. Comfort for all trouble. Eternal
life for all the dead. o, my soul! preach
it forever. 1t has been my ambition,
and / believe it has been yours,
my dear people, i'll these years
OF my ministry, to have this soul-saving
Church, and we neve: yet threw out the
Gospel net but we drew in a great multi
tude. They have come, a hundred at
time; and two hundred ut a time; and
three hundred and fifty al a time; and
expect the day will appear when, in some
service, there will be three thousand souls
accepting the offers OF eternal lie. wish
| could tell you
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES
that have came under my observation,
proving the fact that God has blessed the
prayers Of those people in behalf OF souls
immortal could tell you of one night,
when stood at the end of the platform,
and a gentleman passed me, his cheek
bronzed with the sea, and as he went into
the inQuiry-room he said to me: am
an Englishman." | said; Il am very
glad to see you; walk in.' That night
he gave his heart to the Lord. 1t
was clear case of quick but
thorough conversion. Passing ont at
the close of the inquiry meeting, |
said: How long have you been i'll this
country" He said: II arrived by steam
er this morning at eleven o'clock" ]
said: How long will You be in the city?'
He said: 81 leave tomorrow for Canada,
and thence 90 to Halifax, and thence To
Europe, and I'll never he here again" |
said: ~ think you must have come tC
this country to have your soul saved. ="
He said: That certainly was the reason. "
In that other room, one night, ut the
close of the service, there sat among other
persons, three persons looking so cheerful
that said to myself: ''Ihese persons are
not anxious inguirers." | said to the
man: Are you Christian" He said:
81 am" said: when did you become
a Christian" He said: Tonight" His
wife sat next TO him. said TO her:
care you a Christian She said: 81 am"
said: "When did you become Chris
tian?" She said: Tonight" remarked:
is this young lady your daugh-
ter" They said: Yes" | said
to her: "Are You Christian"
She said: yes" l said: when did
you become NullStldn' Que Sdiu'
"To-nght." said to them: From
whence came yOu?" They said: Eve
are from Charleston, South Carolina" |
said: "When did you Gomez" They said:
1--WE came yesterday" How long are
YOU going to remain?'' 1--WE go to-mor-
row. We have never been here before, and
shall never be here again" have heard
from them since. They are members of
the Church of Jesus Christ, in good and
regular standing. eminent for consistency
and ucty. And 50 God has made it soul
saving Church. But could tell you of
A TRAGIC SCENE,
when once at the close of the service
found a man in one of these front seats,
wrought upon most nightly. | said to
him: What is the matter?' He replied:
Il am a captive of strong drink; ! came
from the West; thought, perhaps, you
could do me some good; ] find you can't
do me any good; find there is no
hope for me-" | said: Come into
this side room and we will talk
together" "Oh, nor' he said, there's no
need of my going in; am a lost man; |
have beautiful wife; have four beautiful
children; | had a fine profession; | have
had thorough education; had every OPP
portunity man ever had, but | am a cap
tive of strong drink. God only knows what
| suffer" | said: "Be encouraged; come
in here, and we'll talk together about it"
"No," he said, II can't come; you can't
do me any good. | was ON the Hudson
River Railroad yesterday, and coming
4 I 10 tnn a
drop OF strong drink. Will ! sat there
man came ina low creature-aDd rat by
by me; he had n whiskey flask, and he said
to me: will you take drink ] said
no; but Oh how / wanted it! and as | said
no, it seemed that the liquor curIed up
around the mouth of the flask and begged:
Take me! take mel take men ! felt
couldn't resist it, and yet l
was determined not to drink, and rushed
out on the platform OF the car, and |
thought would jump oil; We We're going
at the rate of forty miles an hour, and |
didn't dare TO jump; the paroXysm OF thirst
went of, and am here tonight" said:
Come in, I'll pray for you, and commend
you to God" He came in trembling.
Some of You remember. After the service,
we walked out and up the street. ! said:
You have an awful struggle I'll take you
into drug store perhaps the doctor can
give yOa some medicine that will help you
in your struggle, though, after all, you
will have TO depend upon the grace Of
Grd." I said TO the doctor: Can you
give this man something to help him in
his battle against strong drink" II
can, " replied the doctor, and he prepared
a bottle Of medicine. ! said: There is
no alcohol in this-nO strong drink
None at ALL" said the doctor. How
long will this last?'' Inquired. ut will
last him week" -, / said, give Us
another bottle" We passed out into the
street and stood under the gasligbt 1t
was getting late, and said TO the man: 81
must part with yOu.
PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE IAsD,
and He will see you through. You will
make use Of this medicine when the parox-
ism of thirst comes on" A few weeks
passed away, and got letter from Baz-
ton saying: Dear friend, ] enclose the
money you paid for that medicine. Ihaye
never used any of il. The thirst for strong